Improvement in tool-handles



G. W. MILLER.

` Y Tom-HANDLE. No. 169,367. Patented N0v.rz,1a75.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE W. MILLER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT;

IMPROVEMENT IN TOOL-HANDLES.

Speciucation forming part of Letters Patent No. l69,367, dated November2, 1875; application filed June 25, 1875.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MILLER,

` of Meriden, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Tool-Handles; and that the following is afull,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making a part of this description and specication.

The object of my invention is to secure wire implements in theirhandles, so that they will not come out either by the shrinkage of thehandle or from any other cause; and to this end my invention consists ofa handle having two holes made in the end at such an angle as that theholes will intersect each other at some point between their outerandinner ends, into which the wire, bent at the end, is driven with suchforce as to ag'ain bend the wire back again slightly at the inner end.

In the drawings, Figure I represents the handle of a wire stove-lidlifter cut away at the end, showing the direction and relative positionof the holes into which the wire is driven. Fig. II is a view ot' thebent wire ready to be inserted in the holes; and Fig. III is alongitudinal section of a portion of the handle, showing the position ofthe wire after being secured.

A represents a wooden handleot' a stovelid lifter cut away at the end,in which two holes, a, are made at the end at such an angle as tointersect each other at e, and these holes should be of such size thatthe wire will tit snugly therein. The wire b is then bent midway, andthe two ends brought nearly together and their ends bent at c, so thattheir extreme ends may nearly or quite touch each other. -The ends ofthe wire are then inserted in the holes c, and forced in as far aspossible, and the wire is then secured firmly in a vise, or otherwisesecurely held, and the handle is driven on with a mallet, or hammer, orotherwise forced on until the extreme ends of the wire reach the point iof the holes. In being thus forced into place, when the extreme ends ofthe wire reach the point e at the intersec-..v

tion of the holes, they are forced with great power 'against each other,and being forced farther' in, the point e, each side of the holes,crowds or bendsthe wire inward as it passes in, so' that when theeXtreme ends ofthe wire reach the point i the wire is in the form shownin Fig. III, being` bent in two places, and cannot, of course, bewithdrawn from the handle.

This method of securing implements in handles is applicable to very manyof the utensils commonly used for housekeeping and other purposes whenthe implements are made of Wire or of wrought-iron, and the handles maybelmade of wood or metal, or of other materia Implements commonly usedabout a kitchenstove-as, for example, the stove-lid liftersare veryoften carelessly left upon the stove, and when the handles are made ofwoodl they become heated and shrink, and very soon the iron implementfalls out of its handle.

This invention obviates all that ditliculty, as the wood cannot shrinkso that the wire will not remain firm in its place, and not only willnot fall out, but it cannot be pulled out by any ordinary force that canbe brought to bear upon'it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- The methodof securing implements in handles, substantially as herein describedthatis to say, by making two holes, a, in the end of the handle, in suchrelative position and inclination to each otherthat the said holes shallintersect at some point between their inner and outer ends, and forcingthe implement therein, as set forth.

GEORGE W. MILLER. Witnesses:

C. P. IvEs, ORVILLE H. PLATT.

